Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty

Isaiah 6:1-13

Key Verse: 6:3

“And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.’”

THE LORD SEATED ON THE THRONE (1-7)

1.      Review the reign of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26. How can you characterize his times? What can you learn about the general condition of that society from reading Isa 2:6-8; 3:14-16; 5:11,12?

2.      Who was the focal point of Isaiah’s vision? What was the setting? Where was the Lord? What does this teach about the Lord? (Isa 52:7) How does this vision of the Lord contrast with the national situation?

3.      What do the seraphs’ attitude teach about the Lord? What does their song teach about him? What does it mean that he is holy? Almighty? That the whole earth is full of his glory? (In a corrupt world, how could this be?)

4.      What happened to the temple? (4) What was Isaiah’s response? What did he realize about the Lord, about himself and about his society? (Why “unclean lips”?)

5.      How did God solve his guilt and sin problem? What does this teach about the Lord?

THE LORD COMMISSIONS ISAIAH (8-13)

6.      What was the Lord’s cry? (8) Why did he want to send someone? How did Isaiah respond? How could he respond so quickly to the Lord’s high calling?

7.      To what kind of people was the Lord sending Isaiah? What results could he expect from his ministry?

8.      What was Isaiah’s stunned response to the Lord’s hard assignment? What was the Lord’s answer to his question? How might the Lord’s servant feel about this?

9.      Look at verse 13b. What is left when a great tree is cut down? What does the stump and the holy seed represent? What can we learn here about God’s remnant? (See Isa 37:32; Ro 11:5) What does this tell us about how the Lord works in history?